Polishing-pad for flat-irons and linen



No. 626,664. Patented lune I3, I899. 6. J. BECKWITH. POLISHING PAD FOBFLAT IRONS AND LINEN.

(Apialication 6166 Sept. 29, 1996.

(No Model.)

INVENTOR Samuel JBeciiwiZ fi.

AZ ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL J. BECKWITII, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POLISHING-PAD FOR FLAT-IRONS AND LINEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,664, dated June 13,1899.

Application filed September 29, 1898. Serial No. 692,239. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. BECKWITH, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Polishing-Pad for Flat-Ironsand Linen, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a block or pad covered withwaxed paper having a crimped or corrugated surface for cleaning thesmooth ironing-surface of fiat-irons and also to add to the gloss orpolish of the linen or other material to be ironed. I attain theseobjects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of mypolishing-pad. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of said pad, showing themethod of applying a flat-iron thereto. Fig. 3 is a view in perspectiveof said pad, showing the outer layer of waxed paper partly removed andexposing the inner layers of said paper.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views.

The said pad consists of a block A, preferably of wood, of anyconvenient shape, forming a support for the waxed paper. A continuoussheet B of strong durable paper or other suitable material with acrimped or corrugated surface, as shown, fastened to a back I), ofstrong flexible paper, is waxed with paraffin, beeswax, or any materialwhich will tend to increase the gloss upon the linen and at the sametime clean and polish the under surface of the flat-iron. Saidcombination corrugated or crimped paper is wound around said support ina direction at right angles to the direction of the corrugations withthe corrugations outward, so that said paper will be in, preferably, twolayers on each side of the block. Said paper is tacked or fastened inany suitable manner to said block, at the extremities thereof, so thatthe paper will be stretched tightly across the block, but in such mannerthat one layer of the paper can be retwo or more layers, in such mannermoved, leaving the other layer intact upon the block. A strip of paper 0may be pasted upon the edges of the block, so as to give a finishedappearance to the device.

In operation the flat-iron G is rubbed back and forth over either of theexposed surfaces of the corrugated paper, and the smooth surface of thefiat iron is thus thoroughly cleansed of the starch or other impuritieswhich may have adhered thereto, and the wax that is at the same timespread upon the smooth surface of the iron enters into combination withthe starch upon the linen to be ironed and greatly increases the polishor gloss thereof. Instead of said combination crimped corrugated paperbeing wound around the block in two layers it may be wound around suchblock so that there may be only one layer of paper or any desired numberof layers on each side of the block.

I do not restrict myself to paper corrugated or crimped in the mannershown in the drawings, but any paraffined or otherwise-waxed paperhaving grooves running in any direction will be within my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' v 1. Apad composed of a block or support covered with paper having a crimped,corrugated or grooved surface, said paper being covered with paraffin orwax, substantially as described.

2. A pad composed of a block or support covered with paper having acrimpedcorru; gated or grooved surface, said paper being covered withparaffin or wax; and said paper being arranged on said block or supportin 7 that the upper layer thereof may be removed without injury to theunder layer, substantially as described.

SAMUEL J. BECKWITH.

"Witnesses:

JESSE COX, ARTHUR M. 00X.

